Look what you coulda won... (Draft ommissions thread)

Xavi6

So we're done and dusted with regards to picks so I think a thread to discuss who was overlooked is necessary.

These players were on my shortlist but didn't get picked -

Mark Schwarzer
Tony Dorigo
Eirik Bakke
Alan Thompson
Marc Vivien Foe
Stuart Ripley
Jason Dodd


Frankly, I'm stunned that Schwarzer didn't get picked and we should all hang our heads in shame. Seeing that makes me really regret picking a goalkeeper in the first round.

mayordenis

Gianluca Vialli is better than all of them.

Frisbee

Players I was very close to picking that didn't make it:

Neil Ruddock
Frank Sinclair
Jesper Gronkjaer
Anders Limpar
Gilles Grimandi
Oleg Luzhny
Brian McClair
Vladimir Smicer
Igor Biscan
Darren Huckerby

mayordenis

Patrick Berger on the Left wing would of been a great shout aswell

genericgoon

Phil Neville
Garry Flitcroft
Brett Emerton
Georgi Kinkladze
Simon Davies

Also + 1 for Vialli.

Also maybe throw together the best XI of the scraps?

Xavi6

genericgoon wrote: »

Phil Neville
Garry Flitcroft
Brett Emerton
Georgi Kinkladze
Simon Davies

Also + 1 for Vialli.

Also maybe throw together the best XI of the scraps?

He didn't play enough games to qualify unfortunatley, otherwise I'd have picked him in round 1.

genericgoon

Xavi6 wrote: »

He didn't play enough games to qualify unfortunatley, otherwise I'd have picked him in round 1.

Yeah I wondering through the draft why you hadn't picked him.

shoutman

Dalien Atkinson is still being overlooked, even in this!
Dean Saunders too, was Julian Joachim picked?

Dont be at yourself

Danny Mills!

genericgoon

Zinedene Kilbane

Xavi6

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

Danny Mills!

Lol after the last 4 or 5 years I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Might as well pick Winston Bogarde!

Was Mario Stanic picked?

Bubs101

The one I regret not picking is John Hartson. Also Crespo, Sissoko and Hitzlesperger

Xavi6

Bubs101 wrote: »

Also Crespo, Sissoko and Hitzlesperger

Feel free to debate the point but imo all of them were fairly shite in the Prem.

mayordenis

Xavi6 wrote: »

Feel free to debate the point but imo all of them were fairly shite in the Prem.

Hammerzperger was always great and sissoko was mostly good

LuckyLloyd

I mean, seriously!! :eek:

Frisbee

Im 99% sure that's Matt Elliott?

LuckyLloyd

Frisbee wrote: »

Im 99% sure that's Matt Elliott?

Yup. How the **** was he not picked??!!

Xavi6

Yeah he definitely should have been picked. I picked my two centre halves early though which is why he never came into the equation.

LuckyLloyd

Xavi6 wrote: »

Yeah he definitely should have been picked. I picked my two centre halves early though which is why he never came into the equation.

Yeah. I'm happy that my two are better than him (though the gap between Walker and him isn't a chasm by any means). But:

Yobo
Short
Nelsen
Upson
Scales
Henchoz

ahead of him? WTF??

The man was a ****ing beast at the back for a four year stretch. And the spiritual leader of a Leicester team that was a force to be reckoned with under O' Neill. I mean Ryan ****ing Nelsen ahead of him. Wow.

Berger not going is also a huge head scratcher.

Mr.Nice Guy

Here's a glimpse at my shortlist of players which I felt was pretty good. Some of the players might have been picked though as I wasn't as thorough with it as the draft wore on.

Goalkeepers: Tim Howard, Fabien Barthez, Thomas Sorensen, Paul Robinson, Dean Kiely, Beasant, T.Coton, M.Schwarzer, P.Srnicek, M.Poom, I.Walker, L.Miklosko, S.Ogrizovic, M.Taylor, C.Kirkland, R.Wright, B.Gunn, A.Manninger, P.Jones, M.Almunia, R. Van der Gouw.

Out of these I think Kiely would have been a solid pick.

Centre backs: Laurent Blanc, Campo, F.Sinclair, Duberry, Matteo, Dave Watson, Stubbs, Ruddock, D.May S.Howey, N.Dabizas, A.O'Brien, A.Haaland, D.Stefanovic, A.de Zeeuw, G.Breen, J.Evans, C.Calderwood, S.Potts, D.Wetherall, C.Lundekvam, J.Yobo, Phil Babb.

I think a few here were solid enough but perhaps not high profile enough, ie Lundekvam.

Right backs: Kenna, Sagna, Micah Richards, N.Summerbee, A.Xavier, D.Mills, A.Hughes, G.Festa, J.Dodd, L.Young, A.Arbeloa.

Sagna didn't qualify did he? Festa would have been decent, also Xavier.

Left-backs: Silvestre, Kilbane, P.Neville, Q.Fortune, J.O'Shea, J.Arca, N'Zogbia, G.McCartney, J.Edinburgh, D.Higginbotham, B.Thatcher, F.Benali.

Benali made a ton of appearances didn't he? Fortune always struck me as reliable enough. Did Silvestre not go?

Left wingers: Anders Limpar, John Jensen, S. Ripley, A.Thompson, J. Gronkjaer, P.Beagrie, Boa Morte, Smicer, L.Robert, M.Etherington, S.Hunt, S.Lazaridis, M.Pembridge, S.Guppy, S.Froggatt. P. Berger, Ji-Sung Park.

Lazaridis was quite an underrated player. Steve Guppy was a good player from what I remember.

Right wingers: Kevin Richardson, Poborsky, Emerton, Wilcox, McAteer, K.Nolan, K.Dyer, J.Milner, S.Stone, R.Fox, S.Davies, E.Bakke, D.Kuyt, M.Kennedy, A.Valencia.

Dyer probably should have been picked. Valencia has been a good player too. Not sure about some others I have here.

Central midfielders: Bryan Robson, Hleb, Stephen Ireland, Muzzy Izzet, David Platt, Edu, Lee Hendrie, Rory Delap, Ian Taylor, Steven Reid, Andy Reid, David Dunn, G. Flitcroft, Tugay, Sherwood, K.Davies, Mikel, Burley, G.Stuart, Barmby, Gravesen, Cahill, S.Lomas, D.Fletcher, G.Peacock, N.Kranjcar, A.Rae, D.Hutchison, P.Gascoigne, A.Nielsen, O.Leonhardsen, T.Morley, M.Holland, C.Palmer, R.Savage, N.Lennon, S.Sidwell, Y.Benayoun.

Did Muzzy Izzet not go? He was a smashing little player. I thought Ireland would go but not to be. Gravesen did go didn't he? Kranjcar was a decent shout.

Strikers: Andrew Johnson, Niall Quinn, Roque Santa Cruz, Dunc. Ferguson, Bellamy, Hartson, Kevin Doyle, Geoff Horsfield, Lee Hughes, Reyes, Milosevic, Vassell, Angel, Kevin Gallacher, Paatelinen, Litmanen, N. Blake, Diouf, Vialli, Flo, Tony Cottee, P.Rideout, McFadden, Kanoute, Kuyt, U.Rosler, P.Dickov, S.Goater, B.McClair, F.Asprilla, G.Whittingham, P.Wanchope, M.Baros, S.Claridge, M.Bridges, M.Stewart, M.Forssell, C.Mendonca, J.Euell, J.Hartson, D.Huckerby, P. Van Hoojdonk, M.Bright, E.Ekoku, D.Hirst, J.Sheridan, L.Chapman, R.Wallace, B.Deane, A.Smith, D.Cadamarteri, E.Ostenstad, M.Jansen, Karl Heinze Riedle, D.Suker,

Wanchope remained according to my records? Surprised at that. Riedle and Rosler were good German players as I recall. Big Quinny should have went ahead of other big players picked.

I think some good players were overlooked.

Necronomicon

Xavi6 wrote: »

Was Mario Stanic picked?

I thought about him at one stage, but opted not to take him in the end. I would've picked Berger had I not taken Giggs in the first round, how he wasn't picked astounded me the whole way through. Stuart Ripley is another I thought about. I contemplated moving Wiltord up front to bring him in for the last pick. I also pondered on Kanoute as a final pick.

Melion

Did Stephen Carr go?

ITT-Pat

DAMN YOU XAVI!! i had been working on a team of all players not picked and was gonna have people compare it to ditpoker's team, just to show how bad jeff is at fantasy draft!

eirebhoy

Xavi6 wrote: »

He didn't play enough games to qualify unfortunatley, otherwise I'd have picked him in round 1.

wtf? He played about double the amount required. Derby were in the premiership for a few seasons too ya know.

Melion

Thats what i was thinking too. I was going to pick Kinky but id seen Xavi say he hadnt made enough appearances. He must have made 40+

eirebhoy

Melion wrote: »

Thats what i was thinking too. I was going to pick Kinky but id seen Xavi say he hadnt made enough appearances. He must have made 40+

Played 37 premiership games in his first season at City. He played 93 league games for Derby and only had 1 season with them outside of the premiership.

SlickRic

ripley and elliott not going was farcical, especially the former imo

Melion

eirebhoy wrote: »

Played 37 premiership games in his first season at City. He played 93 league games for Derby and only had 1 season with them outside of the premiership.

I knew i was right, damn you Xavi

eagle eye

Most of the ones I would have thought should have been picked are mentioned above.

For me the four that did not get picked that should have been in there were Dalian Atkinson, Dean Saunders and Matt Elliott.

But the player I missed myself, and I'm disgusted with myself because he played for Blackburn was Michael Gray.

eagle eye

SlickRic wrote: »

ripley and elliott not going was farcical, especially the former imo

I'd have to agree on that, I was certain Ripley was picked before my last pick. I just put up one that I missed and now theres two.:eek:

Xavi6

eirebhoy wrote: »

wtf? He played about double the amount required. Derby were in the premiership for a few seasons too ya know.

Epic fail

We're allowed tranfers aren't we? Aren't we.....?

Melion

Xavi6 wrote: »

Epic fail

We're allowed tranfers aren't we? Aren't we.....?

I couldnt find his career appearances during the draft, of course i found them with my first search earlier. The only reason i didnt pick him was because i believed your post :mad:

Oh and i also suggested 1 transfer in the discussion thread a few weeks ago

eagle eye

You can't have transfers now after all these players coming out. There might be five or six there that might interest people but there were 24 in the draft so there would be no fairness in it.